Sanatoga Union Sunday School · Photo: Smallbones · CC0Ursinus College is 8.3 miles from Lower Pottsgrove Township
No college sits inside Lower Pottsgrove Township’s boundary, but Ursinus College’s campus in Collegeville, with 1,492 students on campus, is 8.3 miles from the center of town, and Montgomery County Community College is 17.6 miles away in Blue Bell. About 5% of Lower Pottsgrove Township’s residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Pennsylvania (6%).
From the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard, June 2026; IPEDS fall 2023 enrollment) and the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, 2020–24. Straight-line distances from the center of Lower Pottsgrove Township. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Lower Pottsgrove Township
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Lower Pottsgrove Township
Three private colleges within 13.3 miles, and one public college within 14.2 miles.
Degree-granting colleges with 100 or more students on campus (fall 2023 enrollment, minus students who study only online). Admitted: share of applicants offered a place. Net price: the average a year after grants, for students on federal aid. Graduate: within 6 years (4-year colleges) or 3 (2-year). Earnings: median, 10 years after starting.
What would your family pay?
The average a year after grants, for families on federal aid, at the colleges within 15 miles. Pick your family’s income.
Starts at $75–110k, where Lower Pottsgrove Township’s median household income ($93,563) falls.
The average a year after grants and scholarships, for first-time, full-time students on federal aid, from the College Scorecard. Your own price depends on your aid package; every college has a net price calculator. For community colleges the net price counts housing and food at full cost, so tuition is shown beside it. “—”: not reported for that income.
Do students finish, and does it pay?
Each dot is a college within 15 miles of Lower Pottsgrove Township: across is the share who graduate, up is what they earn ten years after starting.
Graduation: first-time, full-time students within 6 years (4-year colleges) or 3 years (2-year). Earnings: median, 10 years after starting, for students who got federal aid. *Reported for all the campuses that file together: Universal Technical Institute of Pennsylvania Inc (5).
Questions about college near Lower Pottsgrove Township
Is Lower Pottsgrove Township a college town?
No. About 5 of every 100 Lower Pottsgrove Township residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as Pennsylvania (6). The nearest campus, Ursinus College, is 8.3 miles away in Collegeville.
What colleges are near Lower Pottsgrove Township?
Within 15 miles: Ursinus College (8.3 miles, 1,492 students on campus), the University of Valley Forge (9.5 miles, 408), Universal Technical Institute of Pennsylvania Inc (13.3 miles, 999) and Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Great Valley (14.2 miles, 244).
What is the closest community college to Lower Pottsgrove Township, and what does it cost?
Montgomery County Community College in Blue Bell, 17.6 miles away. Tuition and fees are $6,690 a year for Pennsylvania residents; the federal net price, $11,124, counts housing and food at full cost.
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Colleges: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023 enrollment). “On campus” is fall enrollment minus students who study only online. Distances are straight-line from the center of Lower Pottsgrove Township. Residents in college, age, rent and poverty (including poverty without college students, table B14006): U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24. Colleges are described, not graded; the College town label marks towns where 15% or more of residents are enrolled. How TownRatings describes colleges →